If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know I reay don’t like using too many alternate ingredients in my cooking/baking. Rather, I prefer to take a non-vegan recipe and find ways to get the same result without the offending ingredient(s). That being said, I decided to attempt the impossible using Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie recipe as my… ☕ Read more

Did you know that Thanksgiving is 10 days from now? WHOA! Hold on. Before you start hunting for the turkey roaster (and prior to checking yourself for a severe case of “my, how time flies”), listen up- American Thanksgiving is right where it’s always been (well, since 1941): the fourth Thursday in November. And Canadian Thanksgiving is right… ☕ Read more

We used to get sick every year around Christmas time. It’s true there are a lot of colds going around this time of year, as well as a lot of people getting together having parties and such, but there are colds going around for a lot of the year and usually we don’t get sick. It could be all the Vitamin C that we take every time cold season… ☕ Read more

Thanksgiving and Pumpkin Pie. What more can I say? These are two of my favorite things. While I love turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and homemade cranberry sauce- I always leave room for pumpkin pie. I acknowledge that there are pumpkin pie haters in this world. Thank you. That means I have more cans of pumpkin puree to hoard for the rest… ☕ Read more

What would Thanksgiving (or Fall!) be without something pumpkin. Whether it is Pumpkin Cheesecake, Spiced Pumpkin Lattes, or pumpkin pie, the taste and scent of pumpkin is a perfect companion to cool fall weather. I was never actually a big pumpkin pie fan in the past. In the past couple of years, I’ve fallen in love with coconut and pumpkin…… ☕ Read more

However, it’s probably not a bad idea to hedge your bets and serve a pumpkin pie so tasty and texturally perfect that no matter what goes wrong, everyone will leave with a smile on their face, and a delicious memory in their heart. By the way, this is that pie. After many years of experimentation, I’ve finally perfected what I think is the… ☕ Read more

Call me massively boring, but pumpkin is my favorite of the Thanksgiving pies. Of course I love my share of blueberry, apple, banana, and coconut (I could go on. I adore pie.), but I always reserve a spot on my plate for a slice of pumpkin. Maybe I love it so much for the simple reason that it is so iconic. Or perhaps because it isn t overly… ☕ Read more

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s cheap food. I admit it. I’m a dedicated Food Snob. Perhaps it’s my French heritage. Perhaps it is all those years I actually ate cheap food and suffered the inevitable consequences of dodgy health and a crabby disposition much of the time. I remember some years back when the French farmers were picketing… ☕ Read more

I have heard countless stories about the famed Crack Pie from Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City. I’ve never been there myself, but based on the lore, I could only imagine how amazing it must be. Awhile back, I gifted myself with the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook, which is where the recipe for the compost cookies I made last year originated… ☕ Read more

I’ve never tried crack before, but after having this pie, I don’t feel I ever need to. Feelings of euphoria? Check. Supreme confidence? I can eat a whole pie! Check. Paranoia? Somebody’s been eating MY pie! Check. Loss of appetite? After eating a whole pie? Check. A craving for more? Check. Oh boy, is there a craving for more. Seriously, this… ☕ Read more

Two of the most often confused ingredients in the kitchen are sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk. Their names are similar, and when you take into consideration the fact that sweetened condensed milk is frequently called “condensed milk, ” the two products seem just about the same even though they are very different. Sweetened condensed… ☕ Read more

Limited edition flavors are all the rage these days, whether you’re talking about a special holiday beverage at Starbucks or a seasonal Oreo cookie flavor. Eagle Brand, known for its sweetened condensed milk, has also been testing out some limited edition flavors that are designed to show off how versatile sweetened condensed milk can be… ☕ Read more

Homemade pie crust is good and all, but sometimes, the moment calls for honey-sweet, crumbly graham cracker crust. This recipe is based on the very famous canned pumpkin recipe from but with a few updates, namely salt. Home bakers, listen up! Salt will take your crust and your pie custard from decent to OMFG . No one has to know how freaking… ☕ Read more

Sweetened condensed milk is made by cooking milk to remove more than half of the water from it, then sugar is added to sweeten and thicken the product. Sweetened condensed milk’s creamy, caramelized is a great base for other flavors to be added – such as coffee in Thai coffee, chocolate in fudge or citrus in key lime pie – but it is not typically… ☕ Read more